“ Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword. ”
Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by My sword - Literally, “Ye Ethiopians also, the slain of My sword are they.” Having summoned them to His throne, God speaks of them, not to them anymore; p...
ye. See note on "For", Zephaniah 2:4 .
The Prophet extends farther the threatened vengeance, and says, that God would also render to the Ethiopians the reward which they deserved; for they had also harassed the chosen people. But if...
Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword. Ye Ethiopians also - Nebuchadnezzar subdued these. See Jeremiah 46:2 , Jeremiah 46:9 ; Ezekiel 30:4 , Ezekiel 30:10 . See also on Amos 9:7 (...
Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword. Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword. Fulfilled when Nebuchadnezzar (God's sword, as was the Assyrian, Isaiah 10:5 ) conquered...
Jehovah's impending Judgment upon Judah's Neighbours and Foes The universal note which is struck in Zechariah 1:2-3 is now further amplified. Jehovah's agents of punishment, the Scythians, shall...
(4-15) Jehovah’s chastisement of foreign powers. These Divine visitations are introduced somewhat abruptly. The connection is perhaps that they are intended to lead God’s people to repent, and put th...
NINIVE DELENDA Zephaniah 2:4-15 THERE now come a series of articles on foreign nations, connected with the previous prophecy by the conjunction for, and detailing the worldwide judgment which i...
Meekness Saves, Pride Destroys Zephaniah 2:1-15 The nation, on the whole, had no remorse, no desire for God; but there were a few meek and lowly souls, and the hope was held out to them that th...
After this declaration, the prophet uttered his great appeal, first to the nation as a whole, calling on it to pull itself together before the opportunity for repentance should pass, before the hour...
"I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border. (9) Therefore as I live, saith t...
Ye Ethiopians also ,.... Or, "as for ye Ethiopians also" h; not the Ethiopians in Africa beyond Egypt, at a distance from the land of Israel, and the countries before mentioned; but the inhabitants...
Ye Ethiopians also, ye [shall be] slain by my sword. Ver. 12. Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword ] Which is long enough to reach you, though far remote. The poets feign that Jupiter...
Ye Ethiopians also shall be slain Here a denunciation of divine wrath is uttered against the Ethiopians, as, Zephaniah 2:8 , against the Moabites and Ammonites. It is said that they should be slai...
Ethiopia and Assyria Threatened. B. C. 612. 12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain...
The prophet doth not speak of the African Ethiopians, south of Egypt, but of the Arabian Ethiopians, much nearer to Canaan, whose country was called Cusaea, with the addition Ethiopia Cusaea. See H...
The Ethiopians ( Zephaniah 2:12 ). Zephaniah 2:12 “You Ethiopians also, you will be slain by my sword.” This brief reference takes us by surprise. The Ethiopians (Cushi) would probably be the...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Zephaniah 2:12 .] Fulfilled when Nebuchadnezzar conquered Egypt, with which Ethiopia was closely allied ( Jeremiah 46:2 ; Jeremiah 46:9 ; Ezekiel 30:5-9 ). THE DOOM OF ETH...
Zephaniah 2:1 . Gather yourselves together, for fasting and prayer, oh nation not desired, whose practices are lothed and abhorred; a nation whom God will not own as his chosen people. Zephani...
EXPOSITION. Verse 2:1-3:8 Part II . EXHORTATION TO REPENTANCE AND TO PERSEVERANCE . Zephaniah 2:1-36 § 1. The prophet urges all to examine their ways before the day of the L...
The Door of Moab, Amman, and Assyria
Ezekiel 30:4-9 ; Isaiah 10:5 ; Isaiah 13:5 ; Isaiah 18:1-7 ; Isaiah 20:4 ; Isaiah 20:5 ; Isaiah 43:3 ; Jeremiah 46:10 ; Jeremiah 46:9 ; Jeremiah 47:6 ; Jeremiah 47:7 ; Jeremiah 51:20-23 ;...
By my sword — The Chaldeans are called God's sword; because God employed them.